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hong kong —  A new national security law came into force in Hong Kong on Saturday despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the city, which is ruled by China but has some autonomy stemming from its history…

As parents we don’t like or want to see our children struggling. But worries, fears and anxieties are a natural part of life, and we have to understand that children go through these processes just like adults do. But as parents and…

As parents we don’t like or want to see our children struggling. But worries, fears and anxieties are a natural part of life, and we have to understand that children go through these processes just like adults do. But as parents and…

Is Antarctic sea ice undergoing a permanent change?Photodynamic/Shutterstock The sea ice that encircles Antarctica has reached near-record low levels for the third year in a row, raising concerns that the ice has…

A cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare has ground much of the U.S. healthcare system to a halt for the second week in a row. Hospitals have been unable to check insurance benefits of in-patient stays, handle the…

Recent seismic events have put the residents of Grindavik, Iceland, on high alert, with thousands evacuated amidst growing concerns of a potential volcanic eruption. The…

“The official records yesterday or this morning said there was a tenth child officially registered in a hospital as having starved to death,” said UN health agency spokesperson Christian Lindmeier. “A very sad threshold…(but) the…

“Today, I’m sounding the alarm once again: Military operations in Rafah could lead to a slaughter in Gaza. They could also leave an already fragile humanitarian operation at death’s door,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.“The scenario…

More than half of Gaza’s population of over two million is now crammed into the city, which is located on the border with Egypt and originally home to some 250,000 people.Congestion has reached a point where normal routes are blocked by…

“We as the UN and Member States of the UN can bear witness,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told journalists in Geneva. “We can make clear what the law says… under international humanitarian law, indiscriminate bombing of densely…

Barcelona, Spain – The Magic Fountain is a popular tourist attraction where coloured jets of water shot up in the air as classical or pop favourites played. Not anymore. Like fountains across Barcelona, it lies dry and a little forlorn…

“People in Gaza risk dying of hunger just miles from trucks filled with food,” said head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Cindy McCain, in an appeal also backed by the heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN health agency…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In and out of the workplace, people often keep adverse information about themselves secret because they…

“The thing of which I have most fear is fear.” - Michel de MontaigneFear is one of the six basic human emotions, with a clear evolutionary purpose: to help us respond to danger and survive. Fear is both a psychologicaland biomechanical…

The TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) that was finally agreed among trade negotiators of 12 Pacific countries on October 5 came as a triumph over long odds.  Tremendous political obstacles, domestic and international, had to be overcome…

Washington State University doctoral students Justin Allen, left, and Ryan Dorosh, demonstrate a soft robot in development at WSU. Credit: Dean Hare, Washington…

Unusually heavy rains have slammed cocoa output in Ivory Coast, the world's top global producer. "Thirty years I've been in cocoa—and this…

By ANDREW DeMILLO and RICK CALLAHAN (The Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis high school senior Caston Peters had used they and them or he and him pronouns at school for three years without a problem, but they came home a…

Weather warnings are in place for Ireland and the UK as the newly-named Storm Debi is set to bring heavy rain and strong winds. The storm was officially named by the Irish weather service, Met Eireann, on Sunday morning and…

This is the shocking moment an Iceland mayor's interview is interrupted by an earthquake.The mayor of Grindavik Fannar Jónasson was giving a live interview to Icelandic TV when suddenly he was interrupted by a tremor in the…

The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa – one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions – has closed temporarily as a swarm of earthquakes put the nation’s most populated region on alert for a volcanic eruption. Guests rushed to leave the spa’s…

May 4 (Bloomberg) -- Ditlev Engel, chief executive officer at wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S, talks about the demand for alternate energy sources and growth outlook. Engel speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's…

There's serious concern over the state of Uganda's experts are warning that even with a global effort to address the issue, any change will be too late to save many of them.

Complete video at: Turner passionately calls for complete nuclear disarmament. He argues that the United States must stop demanding that other countries discontinue nuclear pursuits, while it sits on armed warheads at hair trigger World…

Activists have launched a court case against Australian mining firm Lynas in Kuantan, on the east coast of Malaysia.The Australian company has decided to operate a rare earth refining plant there, but residents in the area are worried about…